Времена английского глагола (стр. 2 )

8. She will ring him up. She will forget.

9. She can borrow some books from the library. She will return the old ones.

10. He won’t take his examination. He’ll write a test.

Exercise 12.

Comment on the use of the Future Indefinite and the Present Indefinite after if and when in the following sentences. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. I shall be very glad if he comes home.

2. If he comes home early, we shall go to the cinema.

3. I don’t know when he will come home.

4. I want to know if he will come home early today.

5. If you learn about it, tell me at once.

6. We have not learned yet if he will arrive soon.

7. When she finishes her work she will have a good rest.

8. I wonder if she will do her work in time.

Exercise 13.

Use the verbs to go (to bed), to sweep and to invite in the Present Indefinite or in the Future Indefinite.

1. I shall switch off the TV-set when you … to bed. I shall get up in time if I … to bed early. May I ring you up at 11? When … you … to bed tonight? – I have got a lot of work to do, so I don’t know if I … to bed at 11 as usual. How can I know when I … to bed?

2. If you … the floor, it will be quite clean. Will you look kindly for my needle, when you … the floor tomorrow? It’s 9 o’clock already. When … you … the floor? She will be busy tomorrow, she doesn’t know when she … the floor. She asks me if I … the floor tomorrow morning.

3. Though I don’t feel well, I … some friend of mine to the house-warming party. When … you … them, I wonder? It is not settled yet when I … them. I’ll be glad to see Ann if you … her to your house-warming party. I am eager to know if you … the Browns too.

Exercise 14.

Complete the sentences using the Present Indefinite or the Future Indefinite to express future actions.

1. We’ll go for a walk if... 2. I’d like to know when... 3. We’ll wait for you until... 4. Tell me when... 5. Don’t go away before... 6. I am not quite sure if... 7. Please, ring me up as soon as... 8. We’d better stay at home if... 9. You may go skating after... 10. Ask him when... 11. I’d like to go with you in case... 12. Tell Mother not to worry if...

Exercise 15.

Here are the five descriptions of the present simple; which is the best description of these sentences?

Exercise 16.

Here are 10 «riddles» - strange problems. Match questions and answers; then try them out on your family and friends.

Exercise 17.

Give the basic forms and Participle I of the following verbs/

1)To live, to cut, to appear, to travel, to pity, to say, to bake, to refer, to sit, to marvel, to enter, to stay, to beg, to remember, to convey, to reveal, to study, to regret,

2)to occur, to hire, to pay, to limit, to expel, to conceal, to reply, to permit, to repel, to clear, to stir, to admit, to pay, to stop, to scream, to forget, to tidy.

Exercise 18.

Use the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous.

1. Hurry! The bus (to come). I (not to want) to miss it. 2. The River Nile (to flow) into the Mediterranean. 3. The river (to flow) very fast today – much faster than usual. 4. (it/ever/to snow) in India? 5. We usually (to grow) vegetables in our garden but this year we (not to grow) any. 6. You can borrow my umbrella. I (not to need) it at the moment. 7. George says he’s 80 years old but I (not to believe) him. 8. – What (your father/to do)? – He’s a teacher, but he (not to work) at the moment.

Exercise 19.

Compare the pictures. Use the Present Continuous Tense.

Exercise 20.

Use the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous.

1. What you (to do) here? – I (to wait) for a friend.

2. – He (to speak) French? – Yes, he (to speak) French rather fluently.

3. Someone (to knock) at the door.

4. Don’t go into the classroom. The students (to write) a dictation there.

5. She (to write) letters to her mother every week.

6. The man who (to read) a book is out English teacher.

7. Let’s go for a walk. It (not to rain).

8. – You (to hear) anything? – I (to listen) hard, but I (not to hear) anything.

9. My brother (to smoke) a great deal.

10. Listen! The telephone (to ring).

11. It usually (to take) me an hour to do my written exercises.

12. Kate (to sing) well?

Exercise 21.

Use the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous instead of the infinitives in brackets.

1. My elder sister (to have) a music lesson. She always (to have) a music lesson on Friday.

2. Who (to sing) in the next room?

3. Father (to read) a newspaper. He usually (to read) something before going to bed.

4. Mother (to cook) breakfast in the kitchen. She always (to cook) in the mornings.

5. Who you (to wait) for? - I (to wait) for Ann, we must leave in ten minutes.

6. It often (to rain) in autumn.

7. Don’t go out, it (to rain) heavily.

8. You (to understand) the rule quite well?

9. What you (to write)? You (to make) notes about the two present tenses?

10. Why you (to smile), Kitty?

11. You usually (to go) through the park? - Not usually, it’s only today that I (to go) here.

12. You (to hear) anything? - Yes, somebody (to knock) at the door.

13. They still (to discuss) where to go.

Exercise 22.

Match up questions and answers.

Exercise 23.

Here are some sentences taken from real conversations. Can you put the beginnings and ends together?

Exercise 24.

Put in the correct tense (Present Indefinite or Present Continuous).

1. Vegetarians are people who don’t eat / are not eating meat.

2. Look out! My husband comes / is coming!

3. Some people still think the sun goes / is going round the earth.

4. I play / ‘m playing tennis every weekend.

5. Who sits / ‘s sitting in my chair?

6. What happens / is happening in golf if you lose the ball?

7. An alcoholic is a person who drinks / is drinking too much and can’t stop.

8. Look! She wears / is wearing the same shoes as you.

9. «What do you look / are you looking at?» «A strange bird.»

10. I stay / am staying with John for a few weeks until my flat’s ready.

11. We usually stay / ‘re usually staying with Peggy when we go to Chicago.

12. The children often laugh / are laughing at their funny little friend.

13. What do you do / are you doing with my coat?

14. Nobody gets / is getting up early for fun.

15. Not many passenger planes fly / are flying faster than sound.

Exercise 25.

Fill in the gaps in this table of verb forms.

Exercise 26.

Read the sentences in the negative. Ask all kinds of questions.

1. Bob came home late. 2. She gave them her dictionary. 3. The students went to the lab. 4. They got up early. 5. Ann brought me a new magazine. 6. He left for London on Monday. 7. They wrote to me every month. 8. He read the letter out loud. 9. You did it all by yourself. 10. They sat down quietly. 11. Jim saw them together. 12. They all heard the song. 13. Ann made good progress in English. 14. The boys knew where to go. 15. You told John about it.

Exercise 27.

Use the correct form of the verbs given in brackets.

BAD LUCK

I (to oversleep) and (to miss) my train,

(to slip) on the pavement in a heavy rain,

(to sprain) my leg, (to skin) my knees,

(to break) my glasses, (to lose) my keys,

(to get) stuck in the elevator,

It (not to go),

(to kick) it twice and (to hurt) my toe.

(to buy) a pen that (not to write),

(to take) it back and (to have) a fight.

(to go) home angry, (to lock) the door,

(to crawl) into bed, (cannot) take any more.

Exercise 28.

Change the text into the Past Indefinite Tense.

Boris wakes up when it is already quite light. He looks at his watch. It is a quarter to seven. Quick! Boris jumps out of bed and runs to the bathroom. He has just time to take a cold shower and drink a glass of tea with bread and butter. He is in a hurry to catch the eight o’clock train.

At the railway station he meets three other boys from his group. They all have small backpacks and fishing rods.

In less than an hour they get off the train at a small station near a wood. They walk very quickly and soon find themselves on the shore of a large lake. The boys spend the whole day there fishing, boating and swimming.

They return home late at night, tired but happy.

Exercise 29.

There are 14 irregular second forms of the verb hidden in this box. Can you find them? They can go up and down, diagonally, from the left to the right and from the right to the left.

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Exercise 30.

What were the questions?

Exercise 31.

Find the correct action for each person.

Example: Copernicus studied the planets.

Exercise 32.

Use the correct form of the verbs given in brackets.

AT A BARBER’S SHOP

A man (1 - to enter) a barber’s shop with a boy of five or six years holding his hand. He (2 – to be) in a great hurry and he (3 – to ask) the barber to cut his hair first and later to cut the boy’s hair. “He can wait. I want you to cut my hair first,” he (4 – to say).

The barber (5 – to do) as he (6 – to be) told and when he (7 – to finish) the man (8 – to get) out of the chair and the boy (9 – to take) his place. The man (10 – to excuse) himself and (11 – to say) that he (12 – to be) in a great hurry and that he would be back in a few minutes and would pay for them both. Then he (13 – to leave) and the barber (14 – to begin) to cut the boy’s hair. When he (15 – to finish) he (16 – to pick) the boy up and (17 – to place) him in a chair to wait. He (18 – to give) him a magazine to look at.